purpose: to determine bacterial contamination of corneas and corneal storage media provided from the eye bank of i.r. iran to rasool akram medical center. methods: this descriptive study was performed on 70 corneoscleral rims and corneal storage media. one milliliter of corneal storage media and the corneoscleral rim were sent to microbiology laboratory at the time of penetrating keratoplasty a...

how to cite this article: shiari r, vadood javadi p. rheumatologic manifestations of lysosomal storage diseases. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4 (suppl. 1): 20. pls see pdf.

objective: the goal of this study was to evaluate primary school teachers' knowledge regarding emergency management of avulsed permanent incisors. materials and methods: the study was conducted in fifty randomly chosen primary schools from casablanca, morocco. all teachers of the selected schools were included in the study. the data were collected by self administered questionnaires. the questi...

iran is one of the main date (phoenix dactylifera) producing countries in the world. however, little information is available on the pollen viability and favorable storage conditions of iranian male date cultivars. this study was conducted to estimate the best in vitro pollen germination of three male date palm cultivars, `ghanami’, `samsmavi’ and `gheibani’ using various doses of boric acid (0...

the effects of different storage temperatures and times on germination rate, malondialdehyde (mda), superoxide dismutase (sod), peroxidase (pod) and catalase (cat) activities in jatropha curcas l. seed were investigated. the results showed that germination rates of seeds stored at room temperature and 4°c for 1 month was significantly higher than those stored for 3 months at -20 and -80°c. mda ...

background: there are many studies focused on long or short storage time of epididymal sperm (eps) of different species. there are limited studies on preservation or cryopreservation of the domestic goat eps. objective: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of ex vivo cold-storage on freezing of eps from goat (capra hircus). materials and methods: in a split-plot design the c...

oxidative stability of walnut (juglansregia l.) was evaluated over a period of 1 year storage in various conditions. the whole walnuts, walnut kernels, walnut chopped kernels, walnut kernels packaged in polyethylene (pet) under vacuum and poly propylene (pp) contain of co2 were kept in a normal condition (temperature, 19-30˚с and relative humidity (rh), 35-45%). the whole walnuts and walnut ker...

One of the methods for achieving more yields is to use seed priming technique correctly. When it comes to using seed priming, practically important issues should be taken into account including interval between priming to planting and conditions for storage of primed seeds. Thus, it is very crucial to be informed of duration and temperature for storage of primed seeds. This research seeks to co...

Background: Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is an aromatic herb; rich source of citric, vitamin C, and phenolic compounds used as natural antioxidant and antibacterial agents in food processing. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of lemongrass extract on the quality properties of chicken burger during frozen storage. Methods: Lemongrass extract was prepared with three levels (0.5, 1.0, a...

nowadays one of the most important energy sources is natural gas. by depletion of oil reservoirs in the world, natural gasâ will emerge as the future energy source for human life. one of the major concerns of gas suppliers is being able to supply this source of energy the entire year. this concern intensifies during more consuming seasons of the year when the demand for natural gas increases, r...